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Quintessential Blues Bassists

#61
Thanks a lot. I do remember coming across the names Perrodin and Kitchen.

A couple pics of KF. I had asked about the hollow body in another thread; and it looks a lot like the National Bobbie Thomas guitar. Do you know anything about that bass?
 
#63
BluesBassFreak said:
Bringing up and old post, but near and dear to my heart!! (go figure!) I'm glad to see Keith Ferguson and Ronnie James (Weber) get some recognition. But don't forget Preston "the Prez" Hubbard!! What a monster! I think today there are many unknown/unrecognized blues bassists out there that really smoke! Both here in the U.S. and abroad. Maybe we should organize a big jam session of all the blues bassists and call it
"the REAL Low-ends" !! :D
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I'm there, but a long way from London!
 
#68
Leo Lauchie has been mentioned twice, including this post. His work on Live at the Regal is a complete textbook.

Charles Calmese is great on some James Cotton recordings. 100% Cotton.

Some of the guys mentioned in previous posts are rock bassists who ocassionally played tunes in the blues form, but not the blues genre. Good players, but not the same thing.
 
#76
I had the privilege of meeting Larry Taylor a little over 10 years ago, what a great guy. As much as I loved to cop stuff from Duck, both Jacks, and John Alec, I really learned a lot of bass rudiments from playing along with Canned Heat records when I was growing up. So, there had been an ad on the LA Craigslist for a bunch of bass combo amps being sold, no mention of who was selling. I contacted the guy, he said come on out to his house to check 'em out. I get there, it was an older guy with a beard who i could tell had definitely been 'round the block. He said he was getting out of playing electric; as I was literally sitting at his feet playing through one of the smaller amps, some of the things he was talking about led me to the lightbulb moment, "Holy crap, you're Larry Taylor! I learned from you..." So we spent the next hour talking about technique, his brother Mel(drummer for the Ventures), the Monkees session he did, the Heat, Mayall, Tom Waits, Dylan; a very gracious person to put up with my fanboy-ism. And yes, I did buy an amp.
 
#77
cdef said:
Jack Myers, Fred Beckmeier, John McVie.

Jack Myers was the first real blues bassist I saw live, backing Otis Rush and Junior Wells with Freddie Below on drums.
I was about 14 and thought he was impossibly cool with his Fender Precision, snazzy polyester suit and big opaque shades.
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That's so cool, cdef. Do you remember the year and venue?

Two of my all time favorite blues bassists that don't get mentioned enough around here,

Big Crawford
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-crawford-mn0001181948

Ransom Knowling
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#78
zillo said:
Larry Taylor is the king of them all. There was a guy who played with Jimmy Dawkins named Sylvester Boines who was pretty amazing. Bill Stuve who plays with Rod Piazza can really lay it down as well.
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Good call on Bill Stuve. I've seen Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers many times, and always enjoyed Bill's work on that upright.

Probably the first one I thought of though when I saw the thread was Jerry Jemmott. What a killer bluesman!
 

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